blog posts Police should be trained to consider someone’s mental status when applying force, if possible Jan 8, 2018 11:45 am by WBEZ-FMIllinois in the News Share on Facebook Tweet Email Images WBEZ-FM (Jan. 8) By doing so, officers can potentially step back and realize they don’t necessarily need to use force, according to the director of the Police Training Institute at Illinois Share on Facebook Tweet Email